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From: marc@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Marc[e] Sabatella)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Re: Learning Ada
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Date: 24 Aug 89 15:30:16 GMT
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>There is nothing more annoying than to be able to use only part of a
>language because that is all the professor thought was important, and
>that is what tends to happen when only a subset of the language is
>taught in an introductory course.

Except possibly being forced to use a language that doesn't even have the
other features (we won't mention any names, but it rhymes with "Ask Al").

I don't think students should be prevented from using more advanced features
if they want.  It will allow the faster students a way to challenge themselves
without confusing the slower ones.